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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Crum v. State of Alabama

2:94-cv-00356 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: March 24, 1994

Case Ongoing

On November 21, 1991, employees of the State of Alabama filed this lawsuit against numerous state agencies and departments, claiming racial discrimination in hiring, discipline, layoffs and other terms and conditions of employment. This was the first of many similar complaints to be filed in subsequent years against various Alabama State boards and departments, including the Department of Public Health and the Alabama Labor Board. Multiple amended versions were filed for each complaint. Beginni…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Peoples v. Fischer (Peoples v. Annucci)

1:11-cv-02694 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 18, 2011

Case Ongoing

On April 18, 2011, a prisoner formerly incarcerated at the New York State Green Haven Correctional Facility (GHCF) filed this pro se lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the GHCF, the New York State Department of Correctional Services, and the Queens County District Attorney's Office. Bringing this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the plaintiff sought compensatory and punitive damages as well as declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that the defen…
POLICING
U.S. v. City of Albuquerque

1:14-cv-01025 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Nov. 12, 2014

Case Ongoing

On November 12, 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit against the city of Albuquerque in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. The DOJ brought this action under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 42 U.S.C. § 14141, alleging that officers of the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) were engaging in a pattern or practice of use of excessive force, including deadly force, in violation of the Fourth Amendment and § 14141. Specifically…
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Coalition for Equity and Excellence in Maryland Higher Education, Inc. v. Maryland Higher Education Commission

1:06-cv-02773 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Oct. 23, 2006

Closed Date: June 2, 2021

This is a case about how the Maryland Higher Education Commission, a division of the Maryland Department of Higher Education, must treat historically Black colleges & universities (HBCUs) in relation to typically White institutions (TWIs). On October 23, 2006, a non-profit corporation comprising current and former students and staff at HBCUs, called the Coalition for Equity and Excellence in Maryland Higher Education, Inc., filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryl…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
Feldman v. Arizona Secretary of State

2:16-cv-01065 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: April 15, 2016

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. This case is about the legality and constitutionality of voting procedures in Arizona. The plaintiffs, which included several individual voters, Kirkpatrick for U.S. Senate, the national and senatorial Democratic Party committees, and the former chairman of the Navajo Nation filed this action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona on Apri…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Heit v. VanOchten

1:96-cv-00800 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: Oct. 4, 1996

On October 4, 1996, prisoners of the state of Michigan filed this class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Michigan Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan. The plaintiffs, represented by the National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, asked the court for injunctive relief, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated by unconstitutional state administrative prisoner disciplinary hearing practice…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Austin v. Haley

2:95-cv-00637 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: May 15, 1995

On May 15, 1995, inmates in the Alabama State Prison System filed this putative class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) and the Governor of Alabama. Plaintiffs were represented by the Southern Poverty Law Center and private attorneys. The lawsuit challenged several policies and practices within the state prison system, including the failure to provide adequate toilet fa…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. BODY FIRM AEROBICS d/b/a GOLD'S GYM

2:03-cv-00846 | U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2003

Closed Date: 2008

The Phoenix District Office of the EEOC brought this action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, against Body Firm Aerobics d/b/a Gold's Gym. The complaint, filed in September 2003, alleged sex and pregnancy discrimination, and retaliation, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the complaint alleged that Defendant had sexually harassed the charging parties and then retaliated against one of them for complaining about the harassment, by construc…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Moeller v. Taco Bell

4:02-cv-05849 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 17, 2002

Closed Date: Sept. 29, 2014

On December 17, 2002 plaintiffs, California residents with disabilities that required them to rely on wheelchairs or scooters for mobility, filed a class action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton) against Taco Bell Corporation. Plaintiffs, represented by the Impact Fund and private counsel, claimed the Defendant denied them, on the basis of disability, full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, ad…
JAIL CONDITIONS
McClendon v. City of Albuquerque

6:95-cv-00024 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Jan. 10, 1995

Case Ongoing

On January 10, 1995, detainees at the Bernalillo County Detention Center (BCDC) in Albuquerque, New Mexico filed this class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs sued the BCDC under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, 1985, and 1986, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000d), alleging that gross overcrowding and racial discrimination at the jail violated the First, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, Thir…